Lucknow

As Priyanka Gandhi led her party from the front in a bid to regain its lost ground, her efforts were supplemented only by a virtual rally by her mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

Shah Alam alias Guddu Jamali, the AIMIM candidate from Mubarakpur, has been an MLA on a BSP ticket in the past two elections and has his own voter base.

Results will be declared on March 10 along with that of Punjab, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur.

Uttar Pradesh elections: In the FIR lodged at Kunda police station, the SP agent accused Bhaiyya of making casteist remarks and threatening to kill him.

Another talked about name is that of strongman Dhananjay Singh, who is contesting from Malhani assembly seat in Jaunpur on a Janta Dal United ticket.

The updated approximate voting percentage, according to the Election Commission's Turnout App till 5 pm, was 60.63 per cent.

SP's Abhishek Mishra became an MLA here in 2012. The party will now be trying to win back the seat, while the BJP will be looking to repeat the success of the 2017 polls. Congress's Ajay Kumar Srivastava and BSP's Mohd Sarwar Malik are the other key candi...

Chief Minister Aditynatha told an election meeting here in Mainpuri that he made this remark in response to a query by a Samajwadi Party leader who asked him if the bulldozers would be operated even during the UP assembly polls.

The three assembly constituencies in Etawah district – Jaswantnagar, Etawah Sadar and Bhartana (reserved) – will vote in the third phase of UP assembly elections on February 20.

Addressing a crowd, the BJP leader said the western part of the state was previously infamous for its law and order situation, with anarchy prevailing in the region, but has transformed ever since the saffron came to power in 2017.

The SP has fielded Raju Gandhi from Lucknow Cantonment putting an end to speculations of Rita Bahuguna Joshi’s son Mayank Joshi's candidature from SP on this seat.

In January, Maulana Tauqeer Raza had joined the Congress, after which the BJP had slammed the party for promoting a person who has been accused of threatening Hindus and has also allegedly given derogatory comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

With 97% Muslim population, Nangla Sahu had a few villagers who started supporting the BJP post the 2014 elections that saw Narendra Modi become the Prime Minister of India. The number grew with Yogi handling the reins of the state.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who defeated the BJP in the assembly polls in her state last year, is batting for the Samajwadi Party in the battle for Uttar Pradesh.

Attacking the BJP on farmers’ issues, Akhilesh Yadav said, “The BJP always lied to the farmers, three black farming laws were introduced without their consent. The farmers stood together and forced the government to roll back the black laws."

The leaders of the employees' union have met several times and made a demand to this effect.